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Actor Russell Wong (right) with San Francisco Film Commissioner Lily Chan at last month’s San Francisco Asian Peace Officer’s Association dinner in Chinatown. Photo by Fiona Ma.
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From Established to Rookie
Black Is In: Actor Russell Wong (The Joy Luck Club, Vanishing Son, Romeo Must Die) made a special guest appearance at last month’s San Francisco Asian Peace Officer’s Association dinner in Chinatown, honoring former Chief of Police Fred Lau. Wong spoke highly of Lau, who helped Wong research his role as a Homocide Lieutenant in the upcoming murder mystery, Blackout (Paramount Pictures), starring Ashley Judd and Samuel L. Jackson, scheduled for release in late 2003. “Fred included me as part of his family,” said Wong. Fans can next find Wong in six episodes of WB’s Black Sash, a martial arts TV series about an ex-San Francisco Police Department officer. Sorry to report to all the ladies-in-waiting, Wong is finally settling down with Flora Cheong-Leen, Hong Kong’s most famous ballerina, who is now a fashion designer. As reported in the South China Morning Post (7/2/02), Cheong-Leen and Wong will start a film-costume company based in Los Angeles. With the help of his fiancé, men of taste can look forward to Wong’s menswear label, RGW (Russell Gerard Wong) while Cheong-Leen continues to deliver creations under her own label, Tian Art. The happy couple enjoyed their stay in San Francisco and singled out Tommy Toy’s and The House (in the Sunset) as their favorite restaurants.
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Jennifer Avelyn Wu.
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Not Just a Girl: Jennifer Avelyn Wu is an actress, comedian and aspiring scriptwriter. Wu is looking for industry professionals who want to be involved in Just a Girl, a feature comedy script finalist for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab about a struggling Chinese-American actress who finds out she has breast cancer. “Jennifer Wu has fashioned a funny, heartwarming and inspiring tale, and presents a fresh take on show biz … like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this [script] furnishes female audiences with a heroine they can root for who doesn’t fit the traditional Hollywood glamour mold,” reports Fox Searchlight Coverage. Wu was also a featured actress in Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow, which was well received and caused some controversy at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and is set to be released by MTV Films/Paramount in the Spring of 2003. Wu just wrapped up a starring role (and wore the co-producer’s hat) in an indie feature film, called Killing Jenny Wallace, about a man who vows revenge on a health insurance agent who denied his wife’s medical claims until it was too late to save her life. Wu graduated from Yale University and is currently enrolled as an MFA student at UCLA’s prestigious Film Producers Program. Interested parties can contact Wu at flygirlwu@yahoo.com and can log onto her website at www.jenniferavelynwu.com. |
